Senior Designer

We are keen to find a Senior Designer that will join the other Raven and lead the design team. Please read through the guideline description below and if you think you want to join Ravn, please contact us or mail your application to post@ravnstudio.no

Minimum Requirements include:

• 3+ years of experience as a Designer.
• Must have shipped at least 1+ multiplatform title.
• Experience in Agile development & familiarity with production methodologies.
• Established portfolio of work demonstrating mastery of their role in design.
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong problem solver, able to work with tight deadlines.
• Effective time management/organizational skills.
• Working knowledge of 2D art tools, such as Adobe Photoshop.
• Working knowledge of 3D art tools, such as Max, Maya, Lightwave or 3D level editors.
• Strong game design skills: must be able to intelligently discuss the strengths and weaknesses of recent games.

Supplemental:

• Multiplayer and/or MMO experience a big plus.
• Pitching experience a big plus.
• Hansoft experience a big plus.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of the creative vision for the game, and design systems that are in keeping with that vision.
• Evangelize the game to the team and clients.
• Drive the balancing of gameplay systems and core mechanics.
• Maintain assigned documentation and make sure they are written in such a way as to communicate designs goals to the team.
• Prototype gameplay level scenarios and showcase implemented systems so that other designers may use the prototype as a blueprint for final gameplay.
• Assist in development of higher level game systems such as interface, scoring, power ups, and other meta game level features.
• Mentoring other designers on the team about design, documentation, and vision.
• Assist in pitches and preparing new projects.